Leo XIV cleared to leave Gemelli Hospital after lung operation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ugdiplomat
Pope Leo XIV was deemed fit to leave Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Hospital after the removal of a nodule from his right lung on 13 October. Blood tests and a chest X-ray confirmed this, according to doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora, cited by the Holy See.
Pope Leo XIV was cleared to leave Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Hospital after a medical assessment on Saturday morning, 17 October 2026. Blood tests and a chest X-ray confirmed that his clinical condition allowed him to be discharged, the Holy See Press Office announced.
The pontiff underwent an operation on 13 October by the hospital’s thoracic surgery team to remove a small nodule in his right lung. The procedure was led by Professor Stefano Margaritora, according to doctors Luigi Carbone and Stefano Margaritora.
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